Robinson Crusoe On Mars Criterion
The criterion collection s dvd of robinson crusoe on mars is a handsome treatment of a minor classic.
Robinson crusoe on mars criterion. There s some humor mostly revolving aroung mona the monkey. A film that hasn t received much love in the realm of home video criterion previously released this film on laserdisc only to have it discontinued rather quickly becoming their rarest laserdisc release criterion has managed to yet again get their hands on robinson crusoe on mars porting over most of the supplements from their laserdisc release and also giving the film a new transfer. A commentary track stitches together comments from a variety of participants including mantee haskin in a 1979 interview and original screenwriter ib melchior disagreements between haskin and melchoir are included. While it wasn t a box office success byron haskin s 1964 sci fi epic robinson crusoe on mars has earned a cult following among genre fans over the years thanks to its beautiful photography and production design as well as its understated wit and subtle intelligence and in 1994 the criterion collection released the movie on laserdisc.
The transfer is presented in 1080p 24hz. Paul mantee a busy tv actor works hard carrying almost all the dialog as marooned astronaut christopher draper our robinson crusoe. Shot in vast techniscope and blazing technicolor robinson crusoe on mars is an imaginative and beloved techni marvel of classic science fiction. Eventually our hero finds another person an alien slave that he rescues from the mysterious alien miners.
The red planet of our cultural dreams may have constricted somewhat under the recent deluge of photographic and robotically gathered evidence but. Robinson crusoe on mars the criterion collection blu ray by paul mantee blu ray 28 46 only 12 left in stock order soon. And yet for all its flaws robinson crusoe on mars remains exciting moving and relevant particularly now as we begin to make concrete plans to send humans to mars within the next few decades.